The Race

A couple of weeks ago I went for a mooch through a field of rapeseed on a bit of a recce. It was wet having recently rained and the track I was walking down had lots of snails (there was one group, must have been a family, 2 adults and about 8 youngsters) and the shells looked so lovely I decided to use them on the lightbox.

A silly thing to say but when you are shooting macro, these guys certainly do shift and after a while of being picked up, moved, picked up, moved, they were indifferent to me and not shy. So, getting this was quite difficult. Fun mind you.

Great idea well executed. I can hear the crowd roar as one breaks into the lead.Keith @ 2006-05-24 02:39:46

haha, didn't realise you were getting the three of them in a line, when you mentioned it on the phone. Nice; very fun :)CurlyToes @ 2006-05-25 20:52:30

they're perfect! they look like they'd be fun to photograph, as long as you don't mind the slime trail ;)christine @ 2006-05-26 03:29:46

Nice photo of my mortal enemy at this time of year! They eat my hosta's....well they do if I don't get to them first.....you've made these devils look very attractive!
Phil[t e r r o r k i t t e n] @ 2006-05-31 12:16:24

Wicked! Brilliant job. The colours, texture and depth of field are all very nice. Something bothers me a little about the composition, though, but probably being finicky. :)Lysiane @ 2006-06-05 19:07:00